pretypify

[pree-tip-uh-fahy]

verb (used with object), pre·typ·i·fied, pre·typ·i·fy·ing.

to foreshadow or prefigure the type of: The father's personality pretypified his son's.

Origin of pretypify

First recorded in 1650–60; pre- + typify

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